Incompitable

Chapter 18

"Mail for you, Luka-san."

I looked up from my book and saw Ted standing in front of me, holding out a white envelope. I took it in my hands carefully and smiled at him.

"Thank you, Ted-kun."

"No problem, Luka-san!" He grinned back at me and walked out of the room. I placed my book face-down on the coffee table and flipped the envelope over. I immediately gasped, raising my eyebrows.

"Crypton Future Media…from Sonika…" I read under my breath. I quickly ripped open the envelope and a small note fell out. It fluttered into my lap; I picked it up and it read;

"Dear Luka-san,

These are reports I have found that I think might be of your concern. They contain important information that some of it you might know, but the rest might not be of your knowledge. I hope they serve you well and are of help. –Sonika."

I placed the note down and pulled out 3 folded pieces of paper. I opened one of them up and the heading was: "YOWANE HAKU. DTM. ACT2 VOCALOID."

"Haku-san…" I whispered, my eyes widening. I continued to read the rest of the note.

"YOWANE HAKU is an ACT2 VOCALOID whose age was specified as 18. At the age of 19, which was several years ago, she had died in an accident due to a drinking-related problem. Studies from her mind show that she was mentally depressed, which explains her alcoholic drinking. Unfortunately, information on why she was depressed is unknown. However, we do know that she had died by falling off of a cliff on June 22nd, 2010, midday. She was found at the bottom of the cliff, broken in many places and completely shut down. It is uncertain if YOWANE HAKU committed suicide or not."

I only realized after I finished the note, my heart was beating very fast. I placed my hand to my chest and looked down, exhaling.

So that's what happened to her.

Now even more curious than before, I picked up the second paper and unfolded it. After reading the heading, my heart instantly skipped a beat.

"KAGAMINE RIN and LEN. CV02. ACT1 AND 2 VOCALOID."

"Oh my God." I said under my breath. I frantically looked down underneath the headline to read on.

"KAGAMINE RIN and LEN are 14 year-old VOCALOIDs made by Crypton Future Media. The two are like any other VOCALOID except for the fact that KAGAMINE RIN is an ACT2 VOCALOID and KAGAMINE LEN is an ACT1 VOCALOID and that they were created at the same time, unlike CV01 HATSUNE MIKU and MIKUO. The reason for this is because once the data was being downloaded into their hard drives, there wasn't enough data for both of them, so RIN ended up getting less than LEN, therefore causing her to become an ACT1 VOCALOID. This unfortunately meant that RIN was an incomplete VOCALOID, so she was sentenced to elimination by being shut down. One intern backed her up, though. She went by the name of SONIKA. Despite this, many other interns were against her opinion. This is because KAGAMINE RIN and LEN are twins, therefore sharing an unbreakable bond that can often lead to incestuous love. Although, being that RIN is an ACT1 VOCALOID, and LEN being an ACT2 VOCALOID, love would create much grief between the two. In the end, it was decided that KAGAMINE RIN and LEN were to be separated and kept far away from each other forever. This situation put intern SONIKA in a bad spot, but was slowly being forgiven. Even though the twins' being together was destined, Crypton Future Media hopes the two never meet face to face ever in the future."

Once I finished the report, I just stared blankly at it, with only one thought coming to mind; this makes so much sense.

With a shaking hand, I picked up the third piece of paper and slowly opened it up.

"PERSONAL INFO: KAGAMINE RIN CV02.

OCCUPATION: ACT1 VOCALOID.

AGE: 14

DoB: December 27

ITEM: orange.

INFO: [NO INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED]

EDIT [8.10.10]: KAGAMINE RIN is an ACT1 VOCALOID. She therefore has less data than an ACT2 VOCALOID. On a certain occasion, RIN was pushed into a pool by MEGURINE LUKA [CV03, ACT2 VOCALOID]. As an incomplete VOCALOID, KAGAMINE RIN's port was not entirely closed. These ports are connected to the hard drive, so getting a liquid or fluid in there would be fatal. This happened to RIN, and she malfunctioned, causing her to shortage. Upon request, she was attempted an upgrade, but as Crypton Future Media feared, KAGAMINE RIN and LEN have fallen in love. This caused RIN's upgrade to fail, so then she developed an emotion deficiency. This means that she will experience more emotions, but she won't understand them. In an unidentified amount of time, the error will become something like a virus and will attack RIN's hard drive. It is predicted that once this happens, she will die. There is currently no known cure for this virus."

Miku's POV

As I was chewing on my leek, I sat on the swivel stool, spinning left and right. Next to me was Dell, on his laptop, watching something on NicoNicoDouga. Curiously, I looked over his shoulder, still munching on the leek.

"Oh yeah, he's dead." Dell chuckled to himself, and I nodded.

"Don't see how he could have lived right there." I added, and continued to watch the video.

"Uh, Miku…?" I heard a voice behind me, so I turned around and saw Mikuo standing in the doorway.

Mikuo looks veeery awkward.

"Yeah?" I answered him, smiling, and he fidgeted a bit.

"Uh…" he mumbled; I got off the chair and skipped over to him.

"Mikuo~! Why're you acting so weird?" I poked his shoulder and he brushed me off.

"Uh… Are you using the room tonight?" he asked me, looking away, face tinted pink. I raised my eyebrows with interest and grinned.

"Ohh~?" I sang, and nudged Mikuo. "Does my lil' brother have a girlfriend~?"

Mikuo smiled nervously, biting his lip, and scratched the back of his neck. "Ah… that is…"

"Mikuo! You never told me!" I whined, and Mikuo shook his head. "Who is it? Who is it?" I asked him excitedly.

"It's um…" his face flushed red as he said the name in a quiet voice; "…Akaito."

What?

"Omigosh." I immediately gasped, covering my mouth. "Mikuo, you like—"

"Yes."

"OH MY GOSH!" I squealed happily and tackled him, practically knocking him over. "Omigosh, omigosh, Mikuo, I can't believe it! This is so wonderful!"

"Is it…?" he choked out, because I was almost completely suffocating him.

"Yes, yes it is! I'm so happy for you~!" I told him and then I let go of him, still holding his hands. I took a quick and good look at Mikuo and he was thoroughly embarrassed, which is so unlike him, but it must have been hard for him, 'cause he has actually found someone he loves…

"What's goin' on?" Dell asked from the counter and I looked over at him, and then at Mikuo. Mikuo's expression seemed awkward, but there wasn't any sign of disapproval, so I walked over to Dell and cupped my hands around his ear and whispered,

"Mikuo and Akaito are a couple nowww."

Dell raised his eyebrows curiously and glanced over at Mikuo. Mikuo jumped a little as Dell stood up and walked over to him slowly. When Dell reached Mikuo, he stuck his hand out and Mikuo looked down at it. He took Dell's hand in his own, and they shook. Dell gave Mikuo a long, blank stare that must have made Mikuo feel very uncomfortable, but then he did his very tiny smile.

"Congratulations, Mikuo." Dell said with one of his very small smiles that are on the verge of a curve and line, and Mikuo smiled back at him.

"Thanks, Dell." He smiled, and then I had to smile too. Dell and Mikuo are good friends, but for some reason, they've been slightly distant, so it made me happy to see them together like this.

"Oh." I said, and the two looked at me. I waved my hand back and forth at Mikuo and grinned.

"Yeah, Mikuo, you can use the room." I told him, and Dell snickered. Mikuo frowned, blushing and muttered 'thanks' as he fast-walked out of the kitchen.

Dell and I watched him leave and then Dell turned to me.

"Miku, you're kinda evil for saying that so outright."

"I know, it's what sisters do~"

Rin's POV

"Len, what do we do now that we're in love?" I asked Len as I sat on my bed, crossing my legs. Len currently was changing, but I don't think he knew I was still watching him because when I said that, he jumped, like, a foot in the air.

"Uh, what?" he said, turning around as he fit his shirt on.

"Well, now that we know we love each other, what do we do?" I repeated as Len walked over to his bed and sat on it in the same position as me.

"Um, that's an interesting question…" Len mumbled as he got comfortable. I thought back to the times where Len said he loved me and what he did. I instantly remembered the day when I met Meiko and Gakupo, and how at night, Len acted really strange.

"Hey, Len." I said, and he looked up at me.

"Yeah?"

"Remember that time…it was while ago, a few weeks back." I started to fiddle with the hem of my shirt. "You acted very strange, and that was the first time you said you loved me…" I looked up at Len and saw that he had an awkward face expression on and that he looked like he was reprimanding himself.

"Um, yeah, that…" he laughed nervously, and then I sat up straight, spreading my legs out to wiggle my toes.

"Yeah, what was that thing you did? You like…" I started to tap on my lips and he raised his eyebrows. "Um, I don't know if it has a name, or…"

"Oh, y'mean a kiss." Len told me, and I gasped.

"Oh, is that it?" I asked, and he nodded.

"A kiss…it's a sign of affection." He explained while moving his hand in the air. "It's um…like saying 'I love you', in a way…I think."

"Oh." I said, scooting to the edge of my bed.

"Yeah." Len nodded as he got up to arrange the songbooks that were on the nightstand in between our beds. "Why do you ask?"

"Um, well, I just didn't know what that was all about, so…" I answered him, and then I started to inch over closer to the nightstand. Len looked at me with a curious look on his face and then I made a split decision.

"Len?" I said, standing up, and Len furrowed his eyebrows.

"Yes?" he replied, and then I reached up and cupped his face between my hands and gave him a long stare.

"Is it like this?" I then moved in towards his face and kissed him right on the lips. Len jumped in surprise but didn't pull away; instead, he placed his hands on mine. I don't even know why I started to kiss him; maybe I wanted to express 'I love you' in another way other than saying it. After a few moments, our lips parted and then I noticed my heart was beating very fast and that my face felt hot. I looked at Len, and he was breathing pretty fast. He looked down to his side, and placed his hand on his heart.

"Yeah…like that…" he breathed, and I smiled. "Um, maybe….we should go to…sleep." Len suggested nervously, sitting on his bed, and then I nodded, walking towards the edge of his bed. Len looked up at me as he got underneath his covers.

"Uh, Rin… You have your own bed now, you know…" Len said with a confused frown, and I lowered my gaze to the floor.

"Oh, well… um…" I mumbled nervously and Len continued to stare at me. "I… It's lonely…I don't like…being alone…" I blushed as I said that, and Len smiled, laughing very quietly to himself.

"Okay." he said, and grabbed my hand, pulling me into his arms.

"Wha—" I yelped as I fell onto him, and he held me.

"Then you don't have to be alone tonight." He told me, and I struggled to get under the covers because this was quite embarrassing and Len hugging me all of sudden made me blush.

Len leaned over to turn off the lights and when the room became all dark, and we couldn't see much except for whatever caught the light from the moon.

These beds were twin beds, so they were considerably small; there wasn't too much room for two people. Somehow, Len and I seemed small enough to fit just perfectly. Even still, we were pretty squished, and we had to share one pillow, because two couldn't even fit.

Just as I was about to close my eyes to fall asleep, I felt Len's hand touch mine.

"Hn?" I said as he fit his into mine, and then Len turned to me on his side. I blinked at him and he smiled.

"Good night, Rin." He told me, and I shifted my gaze.

"Um, yeah, you too, Len…" I stuttered and he laughed quietly.

"I love you," he added with a kiss on my forehead, and I acted before thinking, so I turned away quickly, covering my face with my hands. I could already feel the heat through my fingers, so I tried to calm myself down.

Len loves me. He really loves me. And I love him. Is there anything…better than this?

I placed my hands on my heart and sighed. There was something inside of me that made me feel so good, but I didn't know how explain it. All I knew was that only Len made me feel this way, in particular.

I love Len.

Those words made my stomach flip and my heart jump.

He loves me.

Those words made me feel not alone anymore.

We love each other.

Those words made me feel good inside.

We are together.

Those words made me feel like the happiest person in the world.

But even though we love each other, I am going to die.

Those words made me feel like "crying".

But I am not alone.

Those words only made me cry harder.